Winton Southbound Roadside Rest Area - Winton, Victoria, Australia
S 36° 30.076 E 146° 06.202
55H E 419702 N 5960077
A large roadside rest area beside the Hume Highway 2 kilometres north of Winton.
Waymark Code: WMEAJ6
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 04/27/2012
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Winton Southbound roadside rest area has room for several dozen cars and car-caravan combinations on one side, and a separated area large enough for at least a dozen semi-trailers and B-Doubles on the other side. There are also areas suitable for tents.
There is a large gazebo which provides cover for four free barbecues and four picnic tables, and a large toilet block and rubbish bins nearby.
There is also a trailhead for a Walk track beside the gazebo which leads walkers on a 10 minute return walk to Day's Lookout which provides good views of the surrounding area. It also leads towards the geocache GCN2AR Mokoan Resting Peak By awphoto, named for the views of Lake Mokoan on the other side of the Hume Highway.
During public holiday periods a 'Driver Reviver Station' is set up nearby, and connects to power in one of the barbecues. In the sixth photo you can see the BBQ door open and cables running out - this is the source of the power where the State Emergency Service plugged in for their 'Driver Reviver Station' over Easter 2012. This was just one of several hundred 'Driver Reviver Stations' operating in Victoria over Easter, manned by the members of every Community Service Organization in the state. The other states operate similiar programs.